Suu Kyi on hunger strike: U.S.
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A protestor in Aung San Suu Kyi face mask calls for the leader's release.
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(CNN) -- Myanmar dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on a hunger strike to protest her three-month detention by the country's military government, the U.S. State Department says.
Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy efforts earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, has been in military custody since a clash in late May between her supporters and a pro-government group.
"We are deeply concerned for her safety and well-being," deputy State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said in a statement issued Sunday.
"The Burmese (Myanmar) authorities have full responsibility for her health, having placed her in so-called protective custody since a May 30 premeditated attack on her convoy."
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a sweeping victory in a general election in 1990, but Myanmar's military rulers refused to recognize the vote and held on to power.
A Red Cross official who met with Suu Kyi in July reported her to be in "good health" and said she was being held in "fair and decent conditions."
"We again call for her immediate release as well as the release of her National League for Democracy colleagues and all political prisoners in Burma," Reeker said.
"We urge the Burmese authorities to enter into a serious political dialogue with all of Burma's political parties."
